Tips and Tricks

Tips and Tools: Seam Gauge

Back to the basics again this week! Do you have one of these yet? It’s called a seam gauge and it’s basically a 6″ ruler. The part that makes it extra useful is the little blue guide. It moves up and down the ruler to help you keep hem lines straight while you’re pinning or […]

Tips and Tools: Using Chambray

We thought we would use our Tips and Tools this week to tell you all about…Chambray (pronounced sham-brey) is a woven cotton fabric. According to Dana Willard’s book Fabrics A to Z “chambray is made by weaving colored threads through a white weft (similar to denim), which results in a pleasing “watered down” shade of the original […]

Tips and Tools: Rotary Cutters

We got this question from an awesome customer of ours…”I bought lots of fabulous Modern Textiles fabric, but now I’m scared to cut it! I don’t want to ruin any of it! Could you please give some tips for using a rotary cutter?” We would love to! To make sure we are all on the […]

Tips and Tools: Sewing Machine Needles

We hope you gain some valuable sewing knowledge from our tips and tools posts. Have a question or a tip or tool you just have to share? Please send it our way. Message us on our Facebook page or send us an e-mail at info@modern-textiles.com This week we would like to share a little bit about […]

The Perfect Fabric Combo

I finally made pillows for my bed and I have to show you! I’ve been helping a lot of people pick out pillow fabric lately, and it got me itching to make new pillows for my bed at home. I’ve wanted to add pillows to pull everything together in our master bedroom for a long […]

Random Acts of Sewing Kindness

One of my resolutions this year was to spread a little more kindness through gift giving. I’ll admit – the first few months of the year got away from me! How is it March already? Regardless, I’m ready now! A good friend of mine is having a birthday this week and I wanted to make […]

Garment Lecture Notes

A few weeks ago we hosted a Garment Lecture from Jean Sando in our shop. We had an amazing group of people join us, but we know even more of you wished you could be there! We thought we would share some highlights from the evening with you here. All Bodies are different Jean started […]

Quilting doesn’t have to be hard

I had so much fun making this quilt from our Strip Quilt instructions. I loved that I was able to start and finish it in just one evening. What I did to make it go quickly: I stacked 3 fat quarters at a time when I cut the strips. Don’t waste time thinking about the […]

Plantain Sew Along #4 Putting In A Sleeve

Welcome back! Today we’ll be tackling the sleeve and side seams. Before we get started, make sure that you have all of your notches and markings from the pattern transferred to your sleeves and body of the shirt. We are going to use these to get the sleeves in the correct place. If you are […]

Plantain Sew Along #3 Tips For Sewing With Knits

Hello again! Welcome back to the Plantain Sew Along! We hope you are making progress on your t-shirt and having fun along the way. A few of you have shared pictures of your Plantains on our Facebook event page. Thank you and keep up the great work! We love seeing your Plantains! Now let’s get […]